Harper Lee

“I do my best to love everyday”

— Harper Lee

“In the name of God, believe him.”

— Harper Lee

“You damn morphodite, I'll kill you!”

— Harper Lee

“Pass the damn ham, please.”

— Harper Lee

“A licking hurts but it doesn't last”

— Harper Lee

“Seni seviyorum. Nasıl istersen.”

— Harper Lee

She was born in the Objective case.

— Harper Lee

Things are always better in the morning.

— Harper Lee

“if we followed our feelings all the time we’d be like cats chasin’ their tails.”

— Harper Lee

Dill if you don't hush I'll knock you bowlegged.

— Harper Lee

“He was as good as his worst performance; his worst performance was Gothic.”

— Harper Lee

You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.

— Harper Lee

“Jem, I ain't ever heard of a nigger snowman," I said.”

— Harper Lee

They're ugly, but those are the facts of life.

— Harper Lee

“I deny having taken part in such a thing.”

— Harper Lee

“His food doesn't stick going down, does it?”

— Harper Lee

“Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.”

— Harper Lee

“Scout: Why are you entrusting us your deepest secret? Mr. Raymond: Because you’re children and you can understand it.”

— Harper Lee

“Henry, how can you live with yourself?” “It’s comparatively easy. Sometimes I just don’t vote my convictions, that’s all.”

— Harper Lee

“There was no doubt about it, I must soon enter this world, where on its surface fragrant ladies rocked slowly, fanned gently,…

— Harper Lee

“Hay hombres tan ocupados en acongojarse por el otro mundo que no han aprendido a vivir en este.”

— Harper Lee

“Miss Maudie’s hand closed tightly on mine, and I said nothing. Its warmth was enough.”

— Harper Lee

Ladies in bunches always filled me with vague apprehension and a firm desire to be elsewhere.

— Harper Lee

When stalking one’s prey, it is best to take one’s time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious…

— Harper Lee

“But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a…

— Harper Lee

“The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal…

— Harper Lee

I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you're working at home they think nothing of walking in…

— Harper Lee

“I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that…

— Harper Lee

“Jack: Atticus, you’ve never laid a hand on her. Atticus: I admit that. So far I've been able to get by with…

— Harper Lee

“I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody... I'm hard put, sometimes - baby, it's never an insult to be…

— Harper Lee

Yeah, that's all," said Dill. "He'll probably come out after you when he sees you in the yard, then Scout'n' me'll jump…

— Harper Lee

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs,…

— Harper Lee

“Miss Caroline printed her name on the blackboard and said, “This says I am Miss Caroline Fisher. I am from North Alabama,…

— Harper Lee

“Daylight...In my mind, the night faded. It was daytime and the neighborhood was busy. Miss Stephenie Crawford crossed the street to tell…

— Harper Lee

“Well how do you know we ain’t Negroes?” “Uncle Jack Finch says we really don’t know. He says as far as he…

— Harper Lee

When I pointed to him his palms slipped slightly, leaving greasy sweat streaks on the wall, and he hooked his thumbs in…

— Harper Lee

“Aunt Alexandra was fanatical on the subject of my attire. I could not possibly hope to be a lady if I wore…

— Harper Lee

Wordsworth was right when he said that we trail clouds of glory as we come into the world, that we are born…

— Harper Lee

Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two…

— Harper Lee

“While Walter piled food on his plate, he and Atticus talked together like two men, to the wonderment of Jem and me.…

— Harper Lee